Dissipative many-body quantum optics in Rydberg media.

نویسندگان

  • Alexey V Gorshkov
  • Rejish Nath
  • Thomas Pohl
چکیده

We develop a theoretical framework for the dissipative propagation of quantized light under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic media involving strongly interacting Rydberg states. The theory allows us to determine the peculiar spatiotemporal structure of the output of the recently demonstrated single-photon filter and the recently proposed single-photon subtractor, which, respectively, let through and absorb a single photon. In addition to being crucial for applications of these and other optical quantum devices, the theory opens the door to the study of exotic dissipative many-body dynamics of strongly interacting photons in nonlinear nonlocal media.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 110 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013